Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

स्नापितश्च त्वया तीर्थे ह्यस्मिन् पर्वसमागमे । दृष्ट्वा पूजां त्वया कॢप्तां कृता जागरणक्रिया

Transliteration

snāpitaśca tvayā tīrthe hyasmin parvasamāgame | dṛṣṭvā pūjāṃ tvayā kḷptāṃ kṛtā jāgaraṇakriyā

Translation

ณท่าน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ ในคราวชุมนุมเทศกาล ท่านได้อาบน้ำชำระเขา ครั้นเห็นพิธีบูชาที่ท่านจัดไว้ เขาก็ปฏิบัติพรตตื่นเฝ้า (ชาครณะ) ด้วย

Word by Word

• snāpitaḥ: (was) bathed / caused to bathe
• snāpitaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म) / Predicative (कर्मणि-प्रयोगे)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु) + -ita (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-समकक्षः -ita), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘स्नापितः’ = ‘स्नापितः (स्नानं कारितः)’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘त्वद्’; त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• tīrthe: in the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम ‘इदम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘तीर्थे’

• parva-samāgame: at the gathering/occasion of the festival day
• parva-samāgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक) + samāgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (parvaṇāṃ samāgamaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थे’ इत्यस्य अधिकरण-विशेषणम्

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय-भाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘त्वद्’; त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• kḷptām: arranged / prepared
• kḷptām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kḷp (धातु) + -ta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘पূजाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• kṛtā: was performed / done
• kṛtā: Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + -ta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘जागरणक्रिया’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्/विधेयम्

• jāgaraṇa-kriyā: the vigil-rite (night vigil)
• jāgaraṇa-kriyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) / Predicative-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jāgaraṇasya kriyā); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā ford)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a bustling parva gathering on a riverbank, the king’s attendants bathe a weary beast of burden at the ford; nearby, a neatly arranged pūjā platform with lamps and flowers; devotees prepare for an all-night vigil.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• parva (festival occasion)
• pūjā
• jāgaraṇa (vigil)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple association with tīrtha-rituals—bathing, witnessing worship, and keeping vigil—can become a channel of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā/Revā sacred landscape is being praised; the exact name is not contained in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snān (sacred bathing), pūjā (worship), and jāgaraṇa (night vigil) during a parva (festival occasion).